Chapter 179: Mu Xiu Yu Lin
I was really embarrassed to be praised by him.
I said to Yi Zesheng, "Brother Yi, this time, you are bound to be very dangerous, so you must take care of yourself... Safety first. Yi Chuan thanked him again. β
After Yi Zesheng heard my words, he smiled faintly, and then said, "Yi Chuan, you're polite... This is what I should do. Then you must pay attention to safety tomorrow, and on the way, I will also arrange a few masters to secretly protect you... However, due to confidentiality, I can't arrange too many people, and you can rest assured, the two people I arranged are definitely masters and can be trusted. β
I nodded, and then said to Yi Zesheng, "Then after we arrive in the royal city, we will drink together..."
Yi Zesheng smiled slightly, and then said, "Okay... Drink together. β
Early the next morning, Yi Zesheng arranged for two people of similar shape to us to get into the carriage.
After getting into the carriage, the convoy began to move.
And Chen Qiusi and I, dressed in ordinary clothes, stood aside and watched them leave.
After they left, we didn't leave in a hurry, and waited here for a while.
In the afternoon, it was confirmed that no one was staring at us.
Chen Qiusi bought two horses and then prepared to set off, which made me embarrassed and said to Chen Qiusi, I don't know how to ride horses.
And I can't stand this kind of spirit horse here.
Chen Qiusi said that if you get a carriage, the goal is still too big...
Chen Qiuhei means, we can walk slowly and leisurely.
If you take the official road, even if you walk slowly along the way, you can reach it in five days.
So, I also happened to learn how to ride a spirit horse.
This is the only means of transportation here, and, to be honest, if it really runs, it is still a single spirit horse that is much faster than a carriage.
What Chen Qiusi said is also reasonable...
It's not bad to learn one more skill, so Chen Qiusi led a horse and let me ride on the back of the horse first.
Then he took me and told me the essentials.
My perception is not bad... The learning ability is okay...
Riding unhurriedly on the official road, after a few hours, it is considered to have learned.
On the official road, there are many people like us, one man and one horse, wearing gray robes.
The gray robe covered his face tightly, revealing a pair of eyes.
No one can recognize anyone at all...
However, the occasional carriage seems a little abrupt on the official road.
Chen Qiusi told me that the carriage is actually a symbol of power.
Generally, when people go out, they are all horses, only some rich ladies, or high-ranking officials, and they travel in carriages.
That evening, we took a break when we passed a caravanserais.
It's not that they can't stand it, it's that I can't stand it...
I finally understood why horseback riding was a sport in my day.
The cost of this is really quite large.
It's been a slow ride, and I feel like my bones are falling apart.
Rest at the inn, lie down on the bed and fall asleep.
Because I'm so tired, the quality of sleep is really good...
The next day, when I woke up in the morning...
Chen Qiusi was still asleep, and he didn't wake him up in a hurry, after washing up.
I saw a couple of people coming at the door... These individuals were all dressed in black robes with gold threads and masks on their faces.
There were six people in total...
These individuals just stand at the doorway table and eat.
Looking at the dust on their bodies, it is obvious that they have rushed all the way...
I chuckled in my heart, and then said to Chen Qiusi, "Chen Qiusi, wake up... Look at what this team is up to... It's not here to hunt us down. β
After Chen Qiusi heard my words, he hurriedly beat a spirit, and directly got up from the bed with a carp.
Then he walked to the window and looked downstairs.
"I'm going... The Iron Guardβ" Chen Qiusi said to me.
The word Iron Guard is not unfamiliar to me.
I'm very familiar with Xionglin...
"The Iron Guard is a very mysterious organization, and it is not clear how many people they have... However, they accepted the orders of the head of the Yi family... So, it shouldn't have been sent by your uncles. Chen Qiusi said to me.
After hearing Chen Qiusi's words, I felt a little more at ease.
"Then let's go straight to it." I said to Chen Qiusi.
Chen Qiusi said to me, "Don't worry... We've got to get something to eat and listen to what they have to say. β
This Chen Qiuhei is really bold.
Still, there's a phrase I've heard...
As the saying goes, it's dark under the lamp... The more dangerous the place, the safer it is.
What Chen Qiusi said still makes sense, and I didn't say anything more.
After washing up, go straight downstairs.
Once you go downstairs, you're directly at a table outside.
I ordered a little bit to eat, and then I started eating...
My ears pricked up here, trying to hear the masked man on their other side.
What surprised me was that although these people were wearing masks, the masks were so well designed that they could still eat at the mouth of the mouth.
This way, there is no need to take off the mask.
However, after waiting for a while, we couldn't help but be a little disappointed...
Because they don't say a word, they don't seem to have any communication with each other at all.
After seeing this scene, I couldn't help but feel a little disappointed...
At this time, we waited for a while and left...
They don't seem to care about us at all, either...
After setting off for a while, I asked Chen Qiusi, "You say, are they waiting for Yi Zesheng to give birth to them..."
Chen Qiusi nodded and said it was possible, but no matter what.
It may not be safe to follow them, after all, no matter how powerful the Iron Guard's people are, if they meet some real masters, the Iron Guard's people are not worth mentioning.
This made me think directly of Xiong Lin... I don't know what happened to Xiong Lin.
The last time I was tortured, I was beaten down all of a sudden.
Looks like it's pretty badly injured...
On the rest of the way, we picked up the speed of our horseback riding.
Along the way, you can see the iron guards from time to time, and it seems that these iron guards were arranged by the old man.
However, these guards are probably going to wait in vain...
We walked very smoothly along the way, and we also passed through many towns in Suguo.
Su Guo's whole feeling to me is just one word... That's poverty.
I didn't expect the Su Kingdom to be poor like this... Any small town in the southwest is very rich...
However, I saw many people in Suguo still begging along the official road with rice bowls...
And the closer this begging team is to the royal city, the more people there are...
Chen Qiusi would say to me, "Actually, Su Guo has been a reckless soldier all these years... All taxes are spent on military spending... So, people all over the country are in dire straits..."
After hearing Chen Qiusi's words, I suddenly understood very well what the criminal war said to me...
It seems that a truce is really needed... I don't know what the situation is in the Later Liang Kingdom?
However, as far as the situation in the southwest country is concerned, I know the gap between the Su country and the southwest country.
Although the two sides are in the war, it is clear that there is not much difference.
But the people of the southwest country are all living and working in peace and contentment... The war was clearly not too traumatic for them.
Or maybe it caused harm, and it didn't hurt so much...
After thinking about this, I understood what Su Guo's toughness was exchanged for...
Recuperation is even more important for Su Guo.
Actually, I don't know what the situation is in the whole country, but just along the official road, I have seen a lot of things...
You must know that the towns that rely on the official road are some of the more fertile towns... I can't imagine what other places would be like.
Moreover, this also reminds me of Chen Qiusi's father, his father is just a small pavilion chief, and he is greedy for so much money from the people, you can imagine how serious the wind of corruption is in the country.
The situation in Suguo is much more serious than I thought...
According to what Chen Qiusi said to me, in fact, everyone knows that his father did this.
However, there are so many things that people can't control.
When the military expenses are asked above, they will be distributed to each town, as long as the person in charge of each town can come up with these things.
I don't care where you came from, after all, there is a saying that there are no eggs under the nest.
"My father is actually quite good, he is greedy for the people's money, but in the place under my father's jurisdiction, no one has starved to death... You must know that people in other places, the pavilion chief is driving people to death. And although my dad is greedy for money, he is also using this money to invest..."Chen Qiusi will explain to me.
I smiled bitterly, and then said to Chen Qiusi, "What's wrong?" Are you justifying your father? β
Chen Qiusi smiled awkwardly, and then said, "Of course not... What I want to say is the whole thing of Su Guo, my father is just a typical person in Su Guo anymore... And he also used his own way to make sure that the people of a town were not afflicted by hunger as much as possible..."
"It seems that there are a lot of problems in the country," I said to Chen Qiusi.
Chen Qiusi nodded and said, "If it weren't for the Yi family's army, the Su Kingdom would have been broken a long time ago..."
After hearing Chen Qiusi's words, I couldn't help frowning...
This seems to be a glorious... But... This is also a hidden danger.
All of a sudden, I felt... It seems that the problems within the Yi family may not be an accident...
Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind...